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verb · transitive

bedaff

bedaff · bedaffs · bedaffed · bedaffing

To befool; make a fool ofTo befool; make a fool of.

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To befool; make a fool of.
(UK, dialectal, transitive)To confound or stupefy.

Origin

From Middle English bedaffen, bidaffen, equivalent to be- + daff.

From Middle English bedaffen, bidaffen, equivalent to be- + daff.

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Forms

bedaffs, bedaffing, bedaffed, bedaffed

Base form	bedaff · to bedaff
3rd person singular	bedaffs
Present participle	bedaffing
Past simple	bedaffed
Past participle	bedaffed / bedaft

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	bedaff
he, she, it	bedaffs

Past simpleLesson

all persons

bedaffed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have bedaffed
he, she, it	has bedaffed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will bedaff

Word family

1 related words

Derivedbedaft

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

beckon becomeA1 bedA1 bedbug bedclothes bedding bede

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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